Mason Lorde

Mason Lorde (1927-) was Prime Minister of Canada from 2004 to 2005, preceding Abigail Henneberry.

Biography
Mason Lorde was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada in 1927. He worked as a lawyer in Toronto for decades before being elected Mayor of Toronto in 1992, serving until 2000. That year, he was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, elected to the House of Commons, and confirmed as Prime Minister in a vote of 14-12, defeating Conservative Party of Canada leader Lily Zimmerman.

Premiership
Lorde's first act as Prime Minister was to back the creation of government-provided retirement homes, and the Commons passed the law 24-1. The New Democratic Party sided with the Conservative Party of Canada in shooting down an attempt at imposing term limits on Prime Ministers, which failed 10-14. The Commons then voted 26-0 to approve an agricultural subsidy, 25-0 to approve public libraries, 20-1 to approve agriculture research, 12-11 to approve a school bus tax, and 14-10 to approve land tax. In the general election of 2004, the Liberals won 34.84% of the vote and 10 seats, the Conservatives dropped to 32.47% to 9 seats, the NDP rose to 11.81% and 3 seats, the Green Party of Canada rose to 11.23% and 3 seats, and Bloc Quebecois dropped to 9.64% and 3 seats. The Commons then passed an income tax in a vote of 17-6, and, a week later, Lorde won re-election in a vote of 19-6. Lorde then oversaw the passage of prime minister term limits in a vote of 20-5, the 21-2 approval of a national ambulance service, the 14-11 defeat of a public smoking ban (which had NDP, BQ, and CPC support), and the 20-2 approval of universal health care. The Liberals dropped to 32.19% and 9 seats, the Conservatives dropped to 30.52% and 8 seats, the NDP rose to 17.47% and 5 seats, the Greens dropped to 10.25% and 3 seats, and the BQ dropped to 9.58% and 3 seats. The Commons then voted 21-0 to approve a child benefit program, and then voted 13-8 to confirm Liberal MP Abigail Henneberry as the new Prime Minister.